2012 Men's Lacrosse

[UD1Hens]

Mike Corey is doing the play by play for ESPNU in the Towson-Hopkins game. The color guy mentioned how stacked the CAA was this year...he mentioned Towson, UMass, Penn State, Drexel and how Hofstra was always strong. I bet it killed Mike to not jump in and mention the 2-time defending CAA champs Delaware. He sounds like a natural, and announcing lacrosse can't be easy with new terminology/teams. All that while keeping up with the Delaware men's basketball team and their opponents.

Edit: Now after halftime they started talking about the Hopkins Delaware game and how big of a test it'll be for JHU. They expect a fast paced game. very complimentary of our offense and man at the X. "TV friendly game" because they get up and down the field so fast.

First we have to deal with Loyola.

[Firstand10BlueHens]

Mike Corey is a pretty versatile TV commentator. He gets picked up quite a bit these days. His style of commentating is actually perfectly suited for TV. He's a little sparse with the details for audio only, but filled in by the picture his enthusiasm and calls are solid for TV, in my opinion. Plus he's always been really genuine and quick to respond any time I've reached out to him.

Looking forward to this Lax game today. If we can go into JHU at 3-0 that would be huge for this young team we have. Plus it looks like JHU lost one of their best scorers in the Towson game.

[Firstand10BlueHens]

Man, these Loyola commentators are really knowledgeable for a free feed. 2-0 Hens, Cooney 3 for 3.

[bluehenbillk]

Sounds like Loyola hit us with a 3rd quarter spurt and we never recovered. Disappointing to lose by 5.

Hopkins only beat Towson 12-6..so hopefully we can regroup and play well at JHU.

[UD1Hens]

I went to the game and we really came out strong going up 3-0. The downfall was in the 2nd quarter when we had 3 consecutive 1:00 minute non-release penalties in which Loyola not only scored on all 3 but seized momentum. We turned the ball over too easily after working so hard to get it back. Cooney was neutralized in the 2nd and 3rd quarters at the X so any goal we scored we really couldn't mount a comeback. It looked like Loyola was working out the kinks in the 1st qtr since it was their first game, they really found a groove on both ends of the field. We were badly outshot and Loyola controlled the play for much of the last 3 quarters. I don't have balls being shot 90+ mph at my limited padded body so I am not a good judge of how our goalie play was but we let in a few long range goals that had people groaning around me. He may have been screened but I couldn't tell. #30 Grant Kaleikau for UD is a special player, he has so many moves one on one and is really strong on the ball for his size.

Overall we were outplayed for about 40 minutes (we owned the 1st qtr and the first 5 minutes of the 4th qtr). Their facility is absolutely beautiful, with numerous bathrooms, concessions, upper and lower level seating, luxury/press boxes, huge video board with live stats/replays, and fairly easy access for being within the city limits of Baltimore...Sidenote: I guess that's what $62 million dollars will get you when lacrosse is your school's flagship program. Also Coach Keeler and his wife were in attendance as their son Jackson Keeler is a sophomore on the lax team.

[bluehenbillk]

5:00pm ESPNU game today versus Hopkins.

UD seems to be on par with the other CAA teams so far - UMass & PSU seem to me to be the toughest competition.

As weird as it seems to say - I think the ACC is going to be down this year - UVA was even with Drexel, Duke got soundly beat by Notre Dame & UNC hasn't impressed..

[IRISHMAFIA]

Game tied 10-10. UD had a 10-5 lead then went into a conservative shell per the in game blog.

That must be a school mandate.

[UD1Hens]

Hens trail 7-6 with under two minutes to play. JHU's goalie just robbed UD on the doorstep, then another save. Hens have scored 4 straight.

[UD1Hens]

Hens fall 8-6 on an empty net goal. Gritty performance...we were sloppy for like 30 minutes and it doomed us.

[00bluehen]

Time will tell how good JHU really is, but I don't think they're the #2 team in the nation.

UD made way too many stupid (and, really, unforced) mistakes. Thankfully, they have what I believe is the best on-campus coach in any sport in Shillinglaw.

[bluehenbillk]

Sounds like we hung right in there. I like that our goaltending played well. Looking forward now - Mt St Mary's on Saturday.

[00bluehen]

That RS-Fr in goal is a stud.

[UD1Hens]

That RS-Fr in goal is a stud.

He bounced back huge after a tough game in which he was peppered vs Loyola. He kept us in the game when it was getting away from us.

[dchen]

Yes much better feel to this loss than the shelling on Saturday from Loyola. I like that we have a handful of scorers so they can't just key on GK. Keane seems to be another great Canadian find. Herbert seems more than up to the task of replacing Noah in goal. Of the remaining non league games Nova will be a test but I think a winnable game at home.

Couldn't make it home in time to watch the game (and I thought watching in a conference room would be bad form ) so I put together the combination of the game tracker and the ESPN radio broadcast- both streaming to my desktop. That combo did the job but weren't synchronized: Gametracker was about 60 seconds ahead or more ahead of the broadcast.

[wacko4flacco]

Thankfully, they have what I believe is the best on-campus coach in any sport in Shillinglaw.[/quote]


Absolutely!